The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-07-21

started.
~ don't low ye're goin' fur work
jake, but mostly for show? I
'spoze yer goin' to help the gals
chiefly? Wall, yer aint home en-
chaps will take on arter the gals
wen they'se young. Go head my
boy. an luck go wild yen'
Jal>ie's heart beat high. All
along the road as he whistled or
sang, he saw parties on horse back
and in wagons bound for Squire
Spraggin's constructing.
When he reached the house the
yard and porch presented a lively
scene. He lost his bashfuInes. in
his eagerness to get near the admir-
ed Urelie.
"Zcb," he said, "I dunno yer sis
ter, ner none of these yer geyurls."
ooh, never yer min, ri gin yer
llnock-down, square in half
minnit. Urelie, cum yer" he said,
pulling the blushing maiden bv the
sleeve" here's a fellow wants yer
acquaintance"
Urelie dropped her eyes, and held
out her plump hand, and poor Jake
quite overpowered by this unexpect-
ed privilege gave it such squeeze
that the bright eyes filled with tears.
By dark the shucking had begun
by the light of great fires built upon
stands and the work, OF frolic began
with songs and shouts.
Jake got near to Urelie, and
apart from the crowd and was very
happy, though as yet they had dis
cussed only the people around them,
and the corn they were pretending
to shuck.
At last a silence fell Oh both.
Jallie was thinking to himself:
"Now, | have to 90 home next
week, | believe [ love this girl,
and Pm agoing to say so. Ef it is
only short metre, | guess | kin cum
back an do it over agin." So lie
-pluclIed up courage and got Il little
closer to her and said:
"Miss Urelie yer mighty purity" F."
She looked up and smiled and this
emboIdens him.
81 jis tell ye yer eyes is like
brown dimonds, an I'd like for
them to belong to me so | could
see 'em all ther time"
"What yer say Mr.. Rickson" ask
ed Urelie, quite unembarrassed, but
a little annoyed because she had not
heard word.
She looked so particularly be-
witching Just then with the red
light Of the pine fire glowing on her
face, that this time Jake put it
stronger still:
81 say, Miss Urelie, | love YOU
an don't you forget it. p and he look
ed lovingly at her, waiting her re-
| ply. "Git more corn ?" she asked
all innocently, ooh no, les stay here,
we've got 'nough to last awhile, -
and she smiled at him again.
Jake was getting excited, he
would make her hear. 1t was the
fuss the boys were making, he
thought
Miss Urelic thar's an awful liusz
again, and | know We didn't hear
me, | said" here he drew as near Il,
he dared, II loved you and want
eel yer to know it."
Here small boy who had been
shucking quite near them, without
their seeing him, threw down his eal
of corn and rising up to his fullest
height, leaned his hands on Urclie',
knee and said in high, shrill tones
ooh, Relic he done said he love yel
two times
Poor .Jakie Urelie knew now
but 50 did dozen others and there
went up shout that overwhelmed
them both with confusion UrcliC
dropped her corn and rushed int,
the house, while jake sought refuge
in wagon at the other end of The
barn-yard, where he remained unit
after supper.
After some time he heard ZeI
CdIllIS JaHlc Stll odhtS JAM
Ricllson | got a message for yer
Yer better speak" JaI>ic only too
eager to end his exile and suspense
got down from his hiding place anC
said sheepishly: "Well Zeb Sprig
gins, what yer want y
"Why, Relic sent me to tell "
she begs yer parding. She didn't
low we was goin' ter talk that away
and she's leetle deaf any ways
She's powerful sorry yer got mad.
"I hain't mad, an | never
Snowed she was deaf. | love her
[ do, an I hain't a goin' back OF
that, that's sartain. L can't go bacl
up ter the the house fur them boy
ter laugh though, so whar's m,
horse i? Tell Miss Urelie she may
look fur me termorer an then II
bet we she'll hear me"
/ And jake did go back the mex
day, and he did not have little Sin
to interpret for him and before
Christmas, Urelie Spriggins becam
Mrs. jake Rickson-though sh
was-"jest leetle deaf" !"